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Internal ID UUID64402b08ac5c4815251751
Scientific name Olea capensis
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 8 (1753)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Ligustrum hookeri Decne. Ann. Gén. Hort. 22: 10 (1877)
Olea cassinifolia Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 13 (1796)
Ligustrum nepalense var. glabrum Hook. Bot. Mag. 56: t. 2921. 1829
Olea capensis var. coriacea Aiton Hort. Kew. 1: 13. 1789
Olea capensis var. undulata Aiton Hort. Kew. 1: 13. 1789
Olea undulata var. planifolia E.Mey. Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. 176. 1836
Olea laurifolia var. concolor (E.Mey.) Harv. Fl. Cap. 4(1): 487. 1907

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Language Common/alternative name
English ironwood
English black ironwood
English east african olive
English elgon olive
English ironwood olive
Afrikaans ysterhout
Arabic زيتون رأس الرجاء
Persian انجیلی سیاه
French olivier du cap
Japanese オレア・カペンシス
Lithuanian afrikinis alyvmedis
Tamil ஒலிய காபன்சிஸ்
Chinese 黑鐵木
Chinese 南非黑鐵木
Chinese 黑铁木
Chinese 非洲木樨榄

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Olea capensis subsp. capensis Unknown
Olea capensis subsp. enervis (Harv.) I.Verd. Bothalia 6: 588 (1956)
Olea capensis subsp. macrocarpa (C.H.Wright) I.Verd. Fl. Cap. 4(1): 1129 (1909)

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- Native
  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Ethiopia
      • Somalia
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Malawi
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Guinea
      • Ivory Coast
      • Liberia
      • Nigeria
      • Sierra Leone
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi
      • Cameroon
      • Gulf Of Guinea Islands
      • Rwanda
      • Zaïre
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Comoros
      • Madagascar

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000817299
Tropicos 23000234
INPN 807440
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:610645-1
The Plant List kew-355136
Open Tree Of Life 558209
NCBI Taxonomy 126552
IUCN Red List 61919282
IPNI 610645-1
iNaturalist 524917
GBIF 7325933
Freebase /m/09yk17
EOL 5654659
USDA GRIN 405245
Wikipedia Olea_capensis

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Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Worldwide forest surveys reveal forty-three new species in Phytophthora major Clade 2 with fundamental implications for the evolution and biogeography of the genus and global plant biosecurity Jung T, Milenković I, Balci Y, Janoušek J, Kudláček T, Nagy ZÁ, Baharuddin B, Bakonyi J, Broders KD, Cacciola SO, Chang TT, Chi NM, Corcobado T, Cravador A, Đorđević B, Durán A, Ferreira M, Fu CH, Garcia L, Hieno A, Ho HH, Hong C, Junaid M, Kageyama K, Kuswinanti T, Maia C, Májek T, Masuya H, Magnano di San Lio G, Mendieta-Araica B, Nasri N, Oliveira LS, Pane A, Pérez-Sierra A, Rosmana A, Sanfuentes von Stowasser E, Scanu B, Singh R, Stanivuković Z, Tarigan M, Thu PQ, Tomić Z, Tomšovský M, Uematsu S, Webber JF, Zeng HC, Zheng FC, Brasier CM, Horta Jung M Stud Mycol 27-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC11003442
doi:10.3114/sim.2024.107.04
PMID:38600961
The genus Fomitopsis (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) reconsidered Spirin V, Runnel K, Vlasák J, Viner I, Barrett MD, Ryvarden L, Bernicchia A, Rivoire B, Ainsworth AM, Grebenc T, Cartabia M, Niemelä T, Larsson KH, Miettinen O Stud Mycol 22-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC11003443
doi:10.3114/sim.2024.107.03
PMID:38600960
Genealogical tracing of Olea europaea species and pedigree relationships of var. europaea using chloroplast and nuclear markers Mariotti R, Belaj A, de la Rosa R, Muleo R, Cirilli M, Forgione I, Valeri MC, Mousavi S BMC Plant Biol 26-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10521521
doi:10.1186/s12870-023-04440-3
PMID:37749509
Lightning scars on tropical trees—Evidence and opportunities Zoletto B, van der Sande MT, van der Sleen P, Sheil D Ecol Evol 15-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10271212
doi:10.1002/ece3.10210
PMID:37332514
Hericium ophelieae sp. nov., a novel species of Hericium (Basidiomycota: Russulales, Hericiaceae) from the Southern Afrotemperate forests of South Africa Van der Merwe B, Herrmann P, Jacobs K Mycology 21-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10161958
doi:10.1080/21501203.2023.2191636
PMID:37152849
Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches Mutie FM, Mbuni YM, Rono PC, Mkala EM, Nzei JM, Phumthum M, Hu GW, Wang QF Plants (Basel) 02-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10005506
doi:10.3390/plants12051145
PMID:36904005
Land use/land cover dynamics driven changes in woody species diversity and ecosystem services value in tropical rainforest frontier: A 20-year history Berhanu Y, Dalle G, Sintayehu DW, Kelboro G, Nigussie A Heliyon 14-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9971171
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13711
PMID:36865457
Global ecological niche conservatism and evolution in Olea species Ashraf U, Peterson AT, Chaudhry MN, Cobos ME Saudi J Biol Sci 11-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9706617
doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2022.103500
PMID:36458099
Phylogeny and taxonomy of Circinotrichum, Gyrothrix, Vermiculariopsiella and other setose hyphomycetes Hernández-Restrepo M, Decock CA, Costa MM, Crous PW Persoonia 13-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC10792225
doi:10.3767/persoonia.2022.49.03
PMID:38234380
Plant diversity and community analysis of Sele-Nono forest, Southwest Ethiopia: implication for conservation planning Kefalew A, Soromessa T, Demissew S Bot Stud 19-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9294133
doi:10.1186/s40529-022-00353-w
PMID:35851664
Woody Species Composition, Plant Communities, and Environmental Determinants in Gennemar Dry Afromontane Forest, Southern Ethiopia Ahmed S, Lemessa D, Seyum A Scientifica (Cairo) 22-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9242778
doi:10.1155/2022/7970435
PMID:35784587
Generic boundaries in the Ophiostomatales reconsidered and revised de Beer ZW, Procter M, Wingfield MJ, Marincowitz S, Duong TA Stud Mycol 30-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC9365045
doi:10.3114/sim.2022.101.02
PMID:36059894
Biome boundary maintained by intense belowground resource competition in world’s thinnest-rooted plant community Lu M, Bond WJ, Sheffer E, Cramer MD, West AG, Allsopp N, February EC, Chimphango S, Ma Z, Slingsby JA, Hedin LO Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 14-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC8892519
doi:10.1073/pnas.2117514119
PMID:35165205
Plant community analysis along environmental gradients in moist afromontane forest of Gerba Dima, South-western Ethiopia Dibaba A, Soromessa T, Warkineh B BMC Ecol Evol 07-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC8819878
doi:10.1186/s12862-022-01964-4
PMID:35130842
Woody species composition and community types of Hangadi Watershed, Guji Zone, Ethiopia Tamiru B, Soromessa T, Warkineh B, Legesse G, Belina M BMC Ecol Evol 28-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8715571
doi:10.1186/s12862-021-01949-9
PMID:34963465

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Coumarins and derivatives
Scoparone 8417 Click to see COC1=C(C=C2C(=C1)C=CC(=O)O2)OC 206.19 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.33.396
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)80417-3
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Coumarins and derivatives / Coumarin glycosides
7-Methoxy-6-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxychromen-2-one 78062648 Click to see COC1=C(C=C2C=CC(=O)OC2=C1)OC3C(C(C(C(O3)CO)O)O)O 354.31 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.33.396
Magnolioside 3084335 Click to see COC1=C(C=C2C=CC(=O)OC2=C1)OC3C(C(C(C(O3)CO)O)O)O 354.31 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.33.396

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